faithless
adjective
Synonyms
- disloyal
- false
- fickle
- inconstant
- perfidious
- recreant
- traitorous
- treacherous
- unfaithful
- untrue
Example Sentences
Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2021 The Exorcist — The gold standard of horror distills the battle between good and evil down to its bare essence, a child possessed and faithless priest, maybe right next door. Mark Hughes, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021 Following the ten faithless votes in 2016, more states adopted laws that prevent this. Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020 The objection to the faithless elector was rejected by both chambers. Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2021 FairVote found that since the founding of the Electoral College, there have been 167 faithless electors. Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2020 In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump had two faithless electors both in the state of Texas: one vote went for Ron Paul and one went for John Kasich. Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner, 14 Dec. 2020 The seven faithless electors in 2016 made up the largest number of electors voting contrary to their party’s winner in over a century. Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2020 However, most states have laws which nullify the votes of faithless electors, and there are not expected to be enough to alter the outcome of the election. Grace Segers, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2020 See More Word History
Middle English feithles, from feith faith entry 1 + -les -less
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing faithless
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- traitorous
- unfaithful
- unreliable
- disloyal
- treacherous
- false
- perfidious
- recreant
- fickle
- inconstant
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- irresponsible
- undependable
- hesitant
- uncertain
- vacillating
- wavering
- irresolute
- apathetic
- faltering
- uninterested
- trustless
- dispassionate
- dubious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- faithful
- loyal
- devout
- true
- steadfast
- constant
- staunch
- responsible
- steady
- dutiful
- reliable
- trustworthy
- fast
- devoted
- dependable
- dedicated
- solid
- trusty
- stanch
- unhesitating
- resolute
- unfaltering
- tried
- inveterate
- trustable
- determined
- intent
- ardent
- enthusiastic
- unwavering
- fervent
- passionate
- down-the-line
- confirmed
- tried-and-true
- impassioned
- sworn
- fervid
- avid
- dyed-in-the-wool
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of faithless are disloyal, false, perfidious, traitorous, and treacherous. While all these words mean "untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance," faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty.
The synonyms disloyal and faithless are sometimes interchangeable, but disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country.
In some situations, the words false and faithless are roughly equivalent. However, false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery.
Perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability.
While the synonyms traitorous and faithless are close in meaning, traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust.
The meanings of treacherous and faithless largely overlap; however, treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence.